Broken staves usable for starting the fire (6)

I believe the answer is:

vestas

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'usable for starting the fire' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'broken staves' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'staves' anagrammed gives 'VESTAS'.

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(Another definition for vestas that I've seen is " Matches - staves (anag)".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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